Biodata Name: Dr Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha Designation: Professor Director, Trans-Disciplinary Research Cluster, JNU (Honorary) Deputy Director, South Asia Nitrogen Center (Honorary) Address (O): School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110 067 INDIA Mobile: +91 9810611857 Email :
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[email protected] Address (R): Flat# 8222 Sector C-8, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070 INDIA Date of birth: December 01, 1968 Research interests: Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Dust, Transport and Chemical Transformations, Chemistry of Rain and Snow, Reactive Nitrogen, Air Pollution Biomonitoring, Metal Aerosols, Carbonaceous aerosols, Atmospheric Mercury, Socioeconomic impact of air pollution, Environmental Impact Assessment. Educational qualification: M Sc (Chemistry) 1989 Agra University, Agra (India) B Ed 1990 Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra (India) Ph D (Chemistry) 1994 Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra (India) Post Doc 1994-98 National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Dept. of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden Previous jobs: Scientist CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, INDIA. (various positions) Publications: Research papers and Reviews: 86 General Science articles: 14 Books: 05 Book Chapters: 12 Technical reports: 02 Citations/h-index: 2431/25 Awards and honors: Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union (IGU). International START Young Scientist Award 2000 by IGBP-START (System for Analysis, Research and Training for global change) Washington DC, USA. 1 Thomas Kuhn Honour Pin Award 2002 by The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention & Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) and the International Academy of Sciences. CSIR Young Scientist Award 2004 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. M S Krishnan Gold Medal 2004 by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU).